jimraynor

What kind of a movie is that ? If it was a beginner's movie, it would probably have never been released. There is nothing in there but flat dialogs, boring situations, almost no humor, and SO conventional. Everybody is rich and beautiful, jobless yet living in wonderful Manhattan apartments, always the same setting with actors, art galleries and such... I used to like Allen's movies quite a lot, but his last few ones were clearly downhill. This one was the one too much, I'm not even sure I'll go and watch his next ones. I'm very disappointed. He can do so much better than that ! One good point, there are cute actresses and generally speaking the acting is pretty good, but I'm afraid it's not enough to make a movie.

This movie is strangely uneven. On the one hand, all the shots on a racetrack or whenever somebody drives a car are very nicely shot and framed. But when it's a transition scene, it has the look and terrible acting of a third-zone TV feature. Some shots are not even really in focus ! Furthermore, all the post-production dubbing of the foreign actors is quite off, and the story has some big plot holes. For instance, why don't they even try to call the police ? What's left is a movie with some pretty girls, very nice cars and some good action sequences. Not that bad, but not enough to make a good movie.

Quite a good movie, except it was a bit too long. And mostly, there is really no need to see naked actors this way. When it serves the story, sure, no problem, but in that case it seemed really pointless and more gross than anything else. Pity, cause save for these two remarks, it's pretty well acted and nicely done.